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A review by merlin_reads
Tumble & Fall by Alexandra Coutts
2.0
Foiled again by a pretty cover. I wanted to like it, I really did. And man, did I try. But I was just bored. I have to agree with the majority of the reviews that I've read - for an end of the world scenario, these stories were blah. For the most part, nothing happens. People just do nothing and every once in awhile there's a mention of the world ending soon (an asteroid is headed toward earth in case you were wondering).
The story follows three teens during the last week on earth. There's Sienna who was just recently released from a psychiatric facility of sorts and finds out her father is getting remarried. She doesn't like this idea and runs off with a boy she knew when she was a child and now suddenly loves. Then there's Zan (short for Suzanne) who's trying to deal with the death of her boyfriend when she finds a mysterious phone number in his belongings and sets off with his best friend to find out who the girl is. And finally we have Caden who gets kidnapped (yes kidnapped) by his biological father who just wants to show his son that he's not a bad guy. Yeah, cause kidnapping is the way to go.
Truthfully, this story could have been told without the end of the world plot line because no one acted like the world was ending. I don't know about you, but if the world was ending, I would be checking off my bucket list and doing things I never thought I would do. Not sitting around...moping.. and they weren't even moping about the end of the world!
Another thing, aside from the chapter headings, it was really hard to tell the characters apart. I kept mixing up their stories because none of them stood out to me. I just wanted more. I wanted more passion and fear and emotion. Anything than what I ended up getting. To say this was a disappointment would be an understatement. I was just bored.
The story follows three teens during the last week on earth. There's Sienna who was just recently released from a psychiatric facility of sorts and finds out her father is getting remarried. She doesn't like this idea and runs off with a boy she knew when she was a child and now suddenly loves. Then there's Zan (short for Suzanne) who's trying to deal with the death of her boyfriend when she finds a mysterious phone number in his belongings and sets off with his best friend to find out who the girl is. And finally we have Caden who gets kidnapped (yes kidnapped) by his biological father who just wants to show his son that he's not a bad guy. Yeah, cause kidnapping is the way to go.
Truthfully, this story could have been told without the end of the world plot line because no one acted like the world was ending. I don't know about you, but if the world was ending, I would be checking off my bucket list and doing things I never thought I would do. Not sitting around...moping.. and they weren't even moping about the end of the world!
Another thing, aside from the chapter headings, it was really hard to tell the characters apart. I kept mixing up their stories because none of them stood out to me. I just wanted more. I wanted more passion and fear and emotion. Anything than what I ended up getting. To say this was a disappointment would be an understatement. I was just bored.